Disk Drive - Atari 1050 Owner's Manual

You can
attach
up
to four ATARI
disk drives,
in
addition
to
other
components,
to
your ATARI
Home
Computer.
Multiple disk drives
(and other
components,
if
you
have
them} are connected
to
each
other
in
a daisy chain, using the
Serial
I/O Cables supplied with
each component.
There are
two
I/O
CONNECTOR
jacks
on
the
back
of
each
disk
drive.
To
install
multiple drives,
connect a
Serial
I/O
Cable from
one
I/O
CONNECTOR
on
the
first
disk
drive to the jack labeled
PERIPHERAL on
the
computer
con-
sole.
Then
connect another
Serial
I/O
Cable from
the
remaining
I/O
CONNECTOR
on the
first
drive
to
either I/O
CONNECTOR
on
the
second
drive.
Connect any
addi-
tional
components
in
the
same
way.
CONNECTING MORE THAN
ONE
DISK
DRIVE
If
your system
includes
more
than
one
disk drive,
you must
set
two
small
identifier
switches
on
the
back
of
each
drive.
These switches
tell
the
computer which
drive
you're
referring to
in
your
pro-
grams and commands.
To
set
the switches,
first
turn off
the
power
to the disk drives.
Then
turn the drives
around
so that
you
can
see the
DRIVE SELECT
window
on
the
back
of
each
drive. Inside
the
window
is
a black
switch
and,
behind
it,
a white
switch.
Using a pen or a small screw-
driver, set
the switches
in
the win-
dow
to
match
the patterns
shown
here
for Drive
1,
Drive
2,
and
so
forth.
Vou
must always have one
drive
set
as Drive
1